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An intriguing possibility. For those who might be unaware of the problems that have been caused by song licensing, two famous examples are the anime "Childs Toy", which had a very distinctive opening theme in the first season that was used as incidental music during the show. Due to an issue with th...

Dai-X is a bit of a hybrid - you're right it does look dinged up and has a lot of detailing that makes it look more realistic, but at the same time its overall design aesthetic harks back to a slighter earlier pre-Gundam time. It can be a very fine line at times; Gundam itself had a little bit of a ...

Its also worth bearing in mind that at the time "X-Bomber" was being broadcast in Japan, "Mobile SUIT GUNDAM" had quietly torn up the rulebook on giant robot shows. The "Super Robot" (e.g. Mazinger Z) style of mecha show persisted for a while yet, and if you look at similar works from the time (such...

Those are really cool finds, its amazing what turns up!

Hi, Vanessa, glad to know you're feeling better! I have the same toy - the yellow plastic piece plugs into the connector on the back of the toy. You can then slot the two blue, baseball-bat shaped missiles into the back of the yellow piece, in an "X" shape. If you're missing the missiles (er... no p...

Wow, thats an interesting find. I'd love to know how the game was played - I know a popular card-based tie-in in Japan is language learning cards for young children, but this doesn't appear to be one of those. Edit: ah, theres a clue in the listing header, these are apparently "menko" cards: http://...

I think I know the ones you mean; the gunship ones that fire the rockets at the first angel in the first episode. VTOLs are canon to the original Thunderbirds anyway. It practically coined the idea and I think it had a major influence on VTOLs like the epic ISSCV from Space Above and Beyond. They j...

I thought that! I wondered if it was just me. I can't seem to find a decent image on-line to compare the two; many images are of the much more detailed types from the recent Evangelion movies, which bear only a passing resemblance - the VTOL fighters from the original T.V. series are a closer match...

Asides from Kawamoris "guest" mecha, there may be another anime tribute in the show - the Global Defence Forces VTOL aircraft is similar in design to the NERV "heavy VTOL fighters" from "Neon Genesis Evangelion"...

Let me put it this way, regards the frog: nuke the site from orbit, its the only way to be sure.